Sunday, April 3, 2011

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Our lives are made of numbers - birthdays (58), years married (33). Like miles on a highway, they mark space on our own timelines. Jamonn Zeiler makes guitars for a living. A little blue book resting amongst sawdust and tools on his workbench is his roadmap - 180 guitars made, the first from rosewood & cedar; the last, maple & walnut. When I photographed guitar #178, our roads crossed - in frame number 10444. Twenty three years of photography, 924 photo assignments and thousands of images. But, as Jamonn and I both know, the work of those years is much more than just numbers.